Definition for Impasse:

• a situation in which no progress can be made; " reached an impasse on the negotiations"

Synonyms for Impasse:

• n.

  •
  • stress,
  • nightmare,
  • ordeal,
  • worst-case scenario,
  • tragedy,
  • trouble,
  • battle.
  •
  • trap.
  •blind alley (noun)
  • dead-end street,
  • tangents.
  •corner (noun)
  • dis-tress,
  • dis-tresses,
  • tight spots,
  • dis tresses,
  • dis tress.
  •crisis (noun)
  • Exigencies,
  • urgency,
  • dilemma,
  • Cross-road,
  • height,
  • cross-roads,
  • hour of decision,
  • hot potato,
  • big trouble.
  •dead end (noun)
  • blank wall,
  • road block,
  • nowhere to turn,
  • obstacles,
  • dead-end.
  •deadlock (noun)
  • stalemate.
  •difficulty (noun)
  • laboriousness,
  • arduousness,
  • tribulation,
  • strenuousness,
  • corner,
  • painfulness.
  •dilemma (noun)
  • double binds,
  • tight corners.
  •disappointment (noun)
  • inefficacy,
  • washout,
  • bringdown,
  • fiasco,
  • old one-two,
  • lemon,
  • faux pas,
  • errors.
  •emergency (noun)
  • mis-adventures,
  • mis adventure,
  • mis adventures,
  • mis-adventure.
  •halt (noun)
  • breakoffs,
  • break offs,
  • screeching halts,
  • screaming halts,
  • break-offs,
  • grinding halts.
  •hang-up (noun)
  • hangup,
  • inhibition,
  • obsession,
  • hang up.
  •hindrance (noun)
  • entanglement,
  • bung,
  • congestion,
  • burden,
  • restraint,
  • crimp,
  • restriction,
  • entrapment,
  • delay,
  • encumbrance,
  • impedance,
  • dam,
  • brake,
  • obstacle,
  • bafflement,
  • damper,
  • impediment,
  • blockade,
  • opposition,
  • drawback,
  • choke,
  • stop,
  • resistance,
  • jam,
  • frustration,
  • handicap,
  • barrier,
  • catch,
  • mire,
  • clog,
  • constraint,
  • block,
  • constipation,
  • hindrance,
  • interruption,
  • snag,
  • snarl,
  • hurdle,
  • drag,
  • stay,
  • tangle,
  • stoppage,
  • bottleneck,
  • disadvantage,
  • plug,
  • deterrent,
  • complication.
  •hot spot (noun)
  • L,
  • LS.
  •impasse (noun)
  • deadlock,
  • standstill.
  •plight (noun)
  • double troubles.
  •predicament (noun)
  • predicaments,
  • large order,
  • tall order ticklish spot tight situation trouble,
  • rough go,
  • soup,
  • soups.
  •quandary (noun)
  • un certainty,
  • be-wilderments,
  • un-certainty,
  • up a trees,
  • un certainties,
  • un-certainties,
  • be wilderment,
  • up tree,
  • up trees,
  • be wilderments,
  • be-wilderment.
  •standoff (noun)
  • drawn battles,
  • even games.
  •standstill (noun)
  • in-action,
  • dead stops,
  • in-actions.
  •vicious circle (noun)
  • chain of circumstances,
  • vicious cycle,
  • causal nexus,
  • circularities,
  • concatenation of events,
  • eternal return,
  • circularity.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • pickle.
  •Other relevant words:
  • mess,
  • fix,
  • cul,
  • come to,
  • obstipation,
  • rattrap,
  • checkmate,
  • strangulation,
  • condition,
  • state,
  • bring to,
  • muddle,
  • mate,
  • embolus,
  • bind,
  • pocket,
  • stand,
  • tie up,
  • morass,
  • infarction,
  • draw,
  • stall,
  • rest,
  • choking off,
  • pause,
  • cecum,
  • tie,
  • extremity,
  • cessation,
  • trial,
  • box,
  • imbroglio,
  • pinch,
  • situation,
  • hot spot,
  • embolism,
  • gorge,
  • bar,
  • sealing off,
  • infarct,
  • arrest,
  • Costiveness,
  • blind gut,
  • stand-off,
  • choking,
  • Mexican Standoff,
  • scrape,
  • jackpot,
  • hitch,
  • check,
  • spot,
  • Hell,
  • catch-22,
  • case.

Paraphrases for Impasse:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    stalemate, deadlock.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    stalemate, deadlock, dead-end, cul-de-sac.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    standstill, situation, crossroads, breakthrough, plight, quandary, slump, mess.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    logjam, stagnation, gridlock, predicament, quagmire, paralysis, alley, rut, stillness, blockage, blockade, treadmill, neutral, morass.

Antonyms for Impasse:

• n.

  • stalemate
    solution, agreement, boon, breakthrough.

Impasse Sentence Examples:

• Provided she were left the hovel in the Impasse Saint - Mittre, Adelaide would have sold all Plassans.

• He crept stealthily to the end of the Impasse Saint - Mittre.